Trick or treat : a history of Halloween, Lisa Morton, (electronic resource)

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Trick or treat : a history of Halloween, Lisa Morton, (electronic resource)

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Every year, children and adults alike take to the streets dressed as witches, demons, animals, celebrities, and more. They carve pumpkins and play pranks, and the braver ones watch scary movies and go on ghost tours. There are parades, fireworks displays, cornfield mazes, and haunted houses-and, most important, copious amounts of bite-sized candy. The popularity of Halloween has spread around the globe to places as diverse as Russia, China, and Japan, but its association with death and the supernatural and its inevitable commercialization has made it one of our most misunderstood holidays

Every year, children and adults alike take to the streets dressed as witches, demons, animals, celebrities, and more. They carve pumpkins and play pranks, and the braver ones watch scary movies and go on ghost tours. There are parades, fireworks displays, cornfield mazes, and haunted houses-and, most important, copious amounts of bite-sized candy. The popularity of Halloween has spread around the globe to places as diverse as Russia, China, and Japan, but its association with death and the supernatural and its inevitable commercialization has made it one of our most misunderstood holidays

Summary

Every year, children and adults alike take to the streets dressed as witches, demons, animals, celebrities, and more. They carve pumpkins and play pranks, and the braver ones watch scary movies and go on ghost tours. There are parades, fireworks displays, cornfield mazes, and haunted houses and, most important, copious amounts of bite-sized candy. The popularity of Halloween has spread around the globe to places as diverse as Russia, China, and Japan, but its association with death and the supernatural and its inevitable commercialization has made it one of our most misunderstood holidays. How did it become what it is today?

Award

Bram Stoker Award for Best Nonfiction, 2012.

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394.2646

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illustrations

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non fiction

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a history of Halloween

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Trick or treat : a history of Halloween, Lisa Morton, (electronic resource)

Halloween: the misunderstood festival -- Snap-apple Night and November Eve: Halloween in the British Isles -- Trick or treat in the New World -- La Toussaint, Allerbeiligen and Tutti i Santi: the global celebration -- Dias de los Muertos -- From Burns to Burton: Halloween and popular culture

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ocn828423824

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1 online resource (229 pages)

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online

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9781299139336

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computer

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rdamedia.

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illustrations (some color)

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remote

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445183

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(OCoLC)828423824

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Trick or treat : a history of Halloween, Lisa Morton, (electronic resource)

Halloween: the misunderstood festival -- Snap-apple Night and November Eve: Halloween in the British Isles -- Trick or treat in the New World -- La Toussaint, Allerbeiligen and Tutti i Santi: the global celebration -- Dias de los Muertos -- From Burns to Burton: Halloween and popular culture